Re: [ATM] LED's and Diode Electronics

["David Harbour" <scarab2@cox.net>]

Thank you, Matt.

You are too kind.

David.

I have been considering dropping off the list. Thank you.

Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "matt" <electro_optic@bellsouth.net>
To: <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] LED's and Diode Electronics


> I'm wondering if there are several Cary Chleborads on the list or in the
USA
> .
>
>     I recall some not too distant experience a friend had with one of them
> called Cary Chleborad , (hopefully not one and the same as the one on this
> list, since this one seems to be fairly knowledgeable) who asserted he was
> very familiar with making very thin high quality mirrors , then took my
> friend's money and promptly vanished .
>
>     After some time , don't recall exactly how long , perhaps a half year
or
> more (could dig up the glorious details should anyone be interested) and
> after lots of pressure, _that_ Cary Chleborad confessed he had no clue how
> to polish thin mirrors and eventually returned my friend's BVC blank .
>
> That Cary alleged the mirror was almost ready, except it had some
> astigmatism due to being so darn thin , thing he was not responsible for,
> since he didn't know how to polish thin mirrors, although he had alleged
the
> opposite in the beginning .
>
> That Cary also seemed to be better equipped than the list Cary, since he
> alleged he was measuring his mirrors with an interferometer and he was
> guaranteeing at that time for all his mirrors a Strehl of better than 0.96
.
> Actually he was asking my friend if 0.96 was good or more would be
required
> .
>
> To make a long story short, when the mirror was returned , it was far from
> being almost ready . It had a nasty rough back, looking like a cross
between
> a dirt road and the surface of the Moon , and a wedge of over 1.4 mm .
> Testing showed it to be a very astigmatic figure _and_ close to sphere .
No
> parabola on the horizon .
>
> That small time crook (keep in mind that is a different Cary than the list
> Cary as far as I know ) also kept for the blank maiming as much as other
> opticians charge for a complete mirror , and refunded only a very minute
> amount of my friend's deposit . I don't know whether he was going to send
> the blank back and make that minute refund anyway, but fact is, my friend
> was guilty of some pressure and legal action threats after the half year
del
> ay .
>
> Not sure if this has anything to do with LED's, and hopefully nothing to
do
> with the list Cary , just a funny story . The moral, better play with
LED's
> than pay others for knowledge they SAY they have .
>
> best regards,
> matt tudor
>
>
>
>
> >
> >Cary Chleborad wrote:
> >> Dave Harbour,
> >>
> >> Quite frankly your "experienced" opinions on just about everything that
> the
> >> "rest of us" use on a regular basis are effectively killing any decent
> >> discussion on this list.  You seem to have some expert reason that
speaks
> >> contrary to just about every aspect of common practice.
> >>
> >> I really don't want to get into a nit war about this and that, but your
> just
> >> plain wrong about a lot of what you preach.
> >>
> >> I'M BEGGING YOU... IF YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING POSITIVE ABOUT SOMETHING -
> >> DON'T SAY IT AT ALL. (Momma knows best)  IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING POSITIVE
> TO
> >> CONTRIBUTE - DO IT ONCE AND IF IS SPARKS DISCUSSION GREAT!  IF NOT,
DON'T
> >> REPEAT IT 3500 TIMES.
> >>
> >> C.
>
>
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